I don’t want to cause any harm.
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‘We need to fix many things in Argentinian football, but I prefer to do this from inside and not criticise from outside’.
“A lot of things ran through my head on the day of the [Copa America] final”.
Messi, who missed a crucial penalty, left the pitch in tears after the match, saying: “For me, the national team is over”.
I thank all those people who want me to continue playing with Argentina.
Messi says he loves his country too much to give up on them at this point, and hopes to give the nation more to cheer about in coming tournaments.
Lionel Messi, Barcelona superstar, has rescinded his retirement to worldwide football for the “love” of the Argentine nation.
Argentina lost to Germany in the finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup after Mario Gotze from Germany scored a late overtime goal that broke the hearts of the Argrentinian faithful.
Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo has now reported that Lionel Messi will put on the Albicelsete shirt on for the South American World Cup qualifiers that are going to take place in the near future.
“It’s been four finals, it’s not meant for me”, Messi said after this year’s defeat.
Messi has played over 110 games for the Argentine national team after making his debut at the tender age of 17.
The 29-year-old Barcelona superstar abruptly announced his worldwide retirement in tears after Argentina lost the Copa America final to Chile on June 26. “We just had a little talk about football, I’ll be calling him in a few days”.
“I don’t want to get ahead of myself”, he added.
Argentina are preparing for September qualifiers against Uruguay and Venezuela, and Friday is the CONMEBOL deadline to name the 18-man squad for the matches.
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Maradona had claimed the chaos within the federation was institutional and that Messi had been right to comment on it.
